MECCA HILLS, Calif. (CN) — Stand among the jagged rock formations here, with the clear desert sky above, and it feels like you’re deep in the wilderness, far removed from cars and other signs of ...

Two California desert conservancies have won more than $2 million in state funds to acquire critical habitat for imperiled species. In Riverside County, Oswit Land Trust was awarded $1.5 million for ...

In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a presidential proclamation establishing Joshua Tree National Monument. Congress upgraded the monument to a national park in 1994, adding 234,000 acres ...

With 28 National parks in California, you can truly find something for everyone to see and enjoy. California National Pa ...

The fate of two newly named national monuments in California that stretch across roughly 850,000 acres of scenic lands — an area 28 times larger than of the city of San Francisco — remained unclear ...